Friday, December 16, 2011

I mentioned my "ugly sweater" Christmas party printables to my sister and her office thought it was a great idea for their office Christmas party. She needed a few games that would work for the party so I passed along some ideas including these printables for the "Ugly Sweater" competition. Everyone that wants to participate must throw $1.00 into a jar in order to win. Then everyone at the party (even if they didn't enter the competition) gets a chance to vote on the ugliest sweater and the winner gets all of the money in the jar.

I also made a gift tag that matched the "ugly sweater" theme for my sister to attach to a mug filled with packets of hot cocoa for her employees. When I think of sweaters, I think of being warm so a hot chocolate gift is a perfect match! If you need printables for your next event whether it is a Christmas party or office gathering contact Paper Perfection at jtanddolly@yahoo.com for pricing and details.

I recently worked with Education First and their Swiss office to design printables for their world wide sales meeting in Lucerne. They had 70 employees that gathered from all over the world to discuss strategy, sales goals and have a little bit of fun with team building. They liked the Amazing Race items that I had designed but wanted custom printables using their logo and company colors.

I worked with their team to first design a welcome gift. We used messenger style bags with their logo and included a company pen, file folder (for notes during the meeting), Swiss army knife, a ski hat with the Swiss flag on it for their race, a golf shirt with their company logo, Swiss chocolate and a water bottle for their hotel room. By the time it was all filled up...I was wanting to attend the meeting just to get the bag filled with goodies! They wanted there to be a little bit of mystery for the meeting so they had me place the number 814 on several items to peak each employees curiosity as they arrived for the event and received their welcome gifts at their hotel. What they would learn during the meeting is that 814 is their sales goal number for the next year. Here is a picture of the bag and a couple of the items I designed. I actually made a badge that would fit perfectly inside of the badge holder but they liked the smaller version so that they could include additional items in the pocket along and then attach it to a lanyard so that each person could wear their badge throughout the event and add additional items as needed.

Here are more images of the items that I designed including a Task Card for their Amazing Race style game that would take them to three cities, on a gondola ride, a sled ride, a torch walk down the mountain and so much more. Their theme was called "Ascent" with the idea that they are climbing mountains and so much more. I also designed a badge for 10 teams all in different colors with different mountain range names like Andes, Alps, Rockies, etc. At the start of the race each team member was given a string backpack in the companies colors and with the logo so that they would be able to collect items at each stop during their race. Some additional items that I helped design and the teams picked up along their route were water bottles, candy bar wrappers, gondola passes, train tickets, library cards and so much more!

I also worked with the EF team on a few other printables including a letterhead and daily agendas that would be given out each morning so everyone knew when and where they were supposed to be throughout the day.

I had so much fun working on this project and even got the opportunity to scout one of their race locations, Meiringen, Switzerland, which is famous for being the location of where Sherlock Holmes stayed right before his death. I helped plan the lunch and race and the hotel owner and I both agreed that we want to participate in the race as it is going to be so much fun! Hopefully the weather will be perfect for running around the different towns, sledding and the torch walk at the end of the day down the mountain.

They are already talking to me about next years event which will be in London, England. I'm trying to talk them into have an Olympics theme since the Olympics will be there next summer. I designed two logos for the event based on the first design which is the logo for the 2012 London Olympic Games. The letters for their logo are EF-IA which stands for Education First - International Academy. Hopefully you recognize the red, white and blue Brittish flag in the last logo.

If you have an event that you are trying to plan for you company, contact Paper Perfection for help with printables to tie it all together at jtanddolly@yahoo.com

Thursday, December 15, 2011

I have a good friend that I enjoy making fun printables for and she is great about contacting me for special needs. Her family is going on a cruise this next year and she is giving her kids a scuba excursion and wanted a fun way to give it to them as a Christmas gift. I enjoyed designing a scuba certificate for their cruise as it was a change from the party printables that I normally work on. If you have a Christmas gift that you aren't quite sure how to give as it won't fit in a box like a scuba excursion contact Paper Perfection at jtanddolly@yahoo.com for a fun gift certificate that you can put in a box and wrap up with a pretty bow.

I'm so excited to get to show you the latest monograms that I made for a beach / seaside wedding. I made these for a bride whose signature colors are green, black and white. I love the way these turned out and I'm so glad I'm not the one having to pick between them all. I hope she finds one or two that she loves! If you are looking for a monogram or two for your wedding contact Paper Perfection at jtanddolly@yahoo.com for pricing and details.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

I have a client that I helped with wedding printables who recently contacted me for some custom party printables for a "Rocker Princess Party" that she is planning for her niece. She found some paper plates that are black and pink with white polka dots that she wanted a matching invite and a few other printables to complete her niece's party. What a fun party this will be! If you want to host a princess rocker party you can have fun things for your guests to wear like tiaras, feather boas, cool rocker sunglasses and fun activities like karaoke and "air band".

If you would like Rocker Princess Party or custom printables for your next event contact Paper Perfection at jtanddolly@yahoo.com for pricing and details.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

I just had to show off a few of the designs that I made for Princess Sofia's birthday party. These designs can be made using any colors or image (if you aren't having a princess party) to match your event. I also have additional items like food label tents, water bottle wrappers, bag toppers or can design any item that you might need for your party. These items are all sold in a pdf file with detailed instructions that is emailed to you so you can print as many as you would like at home or a print shop. Contact Paper Perfection for pricing and details at jtanddolly@yahoo.com

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

I'm working with a new client that will be married next year to design her Save the Dates. Here are a few samples that I put together using her color scheme, leaf design and slightly hidden Mickey. If you are looking for printables for your wedding including a save the date, invitation with inserts, favors, table numbers, menus...the list goes on and on, contact Paper Perfection at jtanddolly@yahoo.com for details and pricing.

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Every occasion deserves the perfect invitation to help set the tone. Paper Perfection's goal is to make sure that when your guests receive your invitation there’s no way they’d want to miss the party or event! But it doesn't stop there, we are in the details and can create unique favors, place cards, menus, programs, welcome bags, monograms and so much more!